Parenting Quote by Markus Zusak

“They were amazing, fierce, beautiful children.”

— Adam Gidwitz

“What is it with boys and fighting? I am amazed any of them get to be grown-ups the way they're always going at it.”

— Anonymous

“The only ones untouched by the keen madness of the times were the children and the dogs. And the dogs seemed a little nervous.”

— Daniel Abraham

“They seemed to arrive at some form of friendship. Maybe they were like a couple of weary soldiers who went through a war together,…

— Joyce Maynard

“A final stand, then. One last battle. At least he could say that he had fought. When he met his brothers and sisters on…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“Even if they'd known that an attack had just been struck by one of their parents, they'd also have known that it wasn't their…

— Chris Pavone

“Funny how being a grown-up didn’t make you any less glad to have a mom on the scene. Whether it was your own or…

— Dani Harper

“In the woods the three broken boys had bonded, bound together by punches they could not return. They survived together.”

— Debra Anastasia

“Boys had something else...a sort of swagger about them.”

— Scott Westerfeld

“Would you lesson me in warfare? I was fighting battles when you were sucking mother's milk. And losing battles too.”

— George R.R. Martin

“After that everyone understood that if they had to fight me, it was going to take a while, and like all bullies, they wanted…

— Russell Vann

“He grabbed his brothers. All three pounded each others’ backs and gave grumbling, cursing acknowledgments. “I can finally fucking breathe, seeing you goddamn bastards.”

— Debra Anastasia